I believe that Steampunk is more than just brass and watchparts. It's finding a way to combine the past and the future in an aesthetic pleasing yet still punkish way. It's living a life that looks old-fashioned, yet speaks to the future. It's taking the detritus of our modern technological society and remaking it into useful things. Join me as I search for items for my house that combine the scientific romanticism of the Victorians with our real present and imagined future.

Friday, August 27, 2010

TOPP's Globular Office

this space houses the offices of the open planning project (topp) – a nonprofit founded by mark gorton, which develops tech tools for mapping and geospacial applications.

I love the use of globes and globe shapes to echo the function of the organization!

The designers, Ashley DeVries and Christine Dalsass, say:We used a globe/mapping theme throughout the office, since it relates so closely to Topp's work. Almost all of the globes we used are vintage and each one is different. There are about 500 globes in the office, and we are always buying more!

yeah, the mail slot piece is really great! that's not something I have seen before but it works really nicely. They have a big space though, some of that would be harder to pull off in a smaller place.

Awesome. I'd love to work in an office that looked like that. Have you seen the new fall collection at Restoration Hardware? I got their catalog today. They're doing some cool historical reproduction pieces. There's something on every page that I want.